Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Japan Plans 30-Year Supercomputer Forecasts

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-do-much-worse-than-what-we-have-now dept.

BaltikaTroika writes "According to a ministry representative, 'Japan is planning ultra long-range 30-year weather forecasts that will predict typhoons, storms, blizzards, droughts and other inclement weather.' Maybe they should tell their secret to my local weatherman, who usually can't even get tomorrow's weather right. Whatever happened to chaos?"

2 of 200 comments (clear)

  1. Chaos? by TheAngryMob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whatever happened to chaos?

    Pfft. Chaos is so predictable.

    --

    Don't just game, Dungeoneer
  2. Re:Useless indeed by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 4, Funny
    It isn't just a matter of temperature, pressure, moisture content, UV radiation, and infrared radiation, which are the main variables your local forecaster uses to try and predict weather trends. Solar wind, ground cover, cloud formation, cosmic rays, vulcanism, atmospheric electrodynamics: these are extra variables that influence the weather in ways we can't understand. And just to screw up the mixture a bit more, add global warming.


    That's true. Do you think they're going to install GPS trackers on all the butterflies in the world?
    --

    "I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)